NEWS SUMMARY-INTELLIGENCE REPORT THURSDAY 8/29/2019 NEWSDUMP WEEK

(LIMITED SERVICE WHEN ABLE THROUGH LATE THURSDAY)

The former FBI Director James Comey broke rules but should not be prosecuted.   That's the conclusion of the Justice Department's Office of Inspector General.

Comey leaked memos of his interactions with President Trump that ended up being reported in the mainstream media.

A Hong Kong democracy activist has been arrested by police there, said to have been forcefully pushed into a minivan.    More from the BBC.....LINK

President Trump said Thursday that US is withdrawing five thousand troops from Afghanistan and that a deal with the Taliban is close as peace talks with them continue.   The story as reported by AP and published by "Al Arabiya" from Saudi Arabia.....LINK

Syrian government forces continue to advance in Idlib province against jihadist and other opposition forces.

Two more towns captured following an attempted counteroffensive by the opposition forces.

In Yemen the Saudi backed government forces aren't just fighting the Iranian Houthi rebels now.

Separatists backed by the United Arab Emirates just took control again in the city of Aden in recent days and when government reinforcements moved towards the city they came under air attack.

The Yemeni government says that UAE aircraft bombed their forces.

More as reported by France's AFP News Agency.....LINK

Opponents of British Prime Minister Boris Johnson's decision to suspend parliament next month have raised some one million signatures online against it.

Meanwhile the leader of the House of Commons in Johnson's government, Conservative MP Jacob Rees-Mogg, says the only "constitutional crisis" going on right now in the UK is front those who oppose the result of the 2016 Brexit referendum which approved leaving the European Union.

BUT "MR. BREXIT" NIGEL FARAGE CONTINUES TO WARN THAT JOHNSON'S POLITICAL MANEUVERS ARE DESIGNED TO DELIVER SOMETHING LESS THAN A CLEAN BREAK FROM THE EUROPEAN UNION......LINK

Italian Prime Minister Giuseppe Conte says a budget is the priority of the new government he will lead.  Conte is speaking of protecting people who save money and dealing with rising "Value Added Tax" in the country.    

Conte is designated to continue as PM in the Five Star Movement-Democratic Party government that is replacing the previous arrangement with Matteo Salvini's League party.

Mr. Salvini has announced a demonstration against the new government on October 19th and said it is a government "born in Brussels" to get rid of him.

More from the ANSA News Agency of Italy......LINK

President Trump is cancelling his planned trip to Poland this weekend on the 80th anniversary of the beginning of World War 2 there.

The President staying home to watch the situation regarding Hurricane Dorian.

Vice-President Mike Pence will replace him.

And in brief that's the way it really is on this Thursday August 29th, 2019.